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Some what randomish Tau list I put together that I think could be good, thou probably not very standard at all.

Unlimited Pts - Tau Empire Roster - Unnamed

1 Commander Shas'o @ 174 Pts
Fusion Blaster; Hard-wired Drone Controller; Hard-wired Multi-tracker; Iridium Armour; Missile Pod; Shield Drone; Shield Drone; Shield Generator
1 Shield Drone @ [15] Pts
Shield Generator
1 Shield Drone @ [15] Pts
Shield Generator

9 Fire Warrior @ 245 Pts
Add Shas'ui; Pulse Carbine (x3); Pulse Rifle (x6)
1 Devilfish @ [115] Pts
Burst Cannon; Gun Drones; Seeker Missle (x2); Decoy Launchers; Landing Gear; Multi-Tracker
2 Gun Drones @ [0] Pts
Twin Linked Pulse Carbines
1 Shas'ui @ [40] Pts
Markerlight; Bonding Knife; Hard-wired Target Lock; Pulse Carbine

9 Fire Warrior @ 245 Pts
Add Shas'ui; Pulse Carbine (x3); Pulse Rifle (x6)
1 Devilfish @ [115] Pts
Burst Cannon; Gun Drones; Seeker Missle (x2); Decoy Launchers; Landing Gear; Multi-Tracker
2 Gun Drones @ [0] Pts
Twin Linked Pulse Carbines
1 Shas'ui @ [40] Pts
Markerlight; Bonding Knife; Hard-wired Target Lock; Pulse Carbine

6 Pathfinder @ 249 Pts
Add Shas'ui; Markerlight (x3); Pulse Carbine (x3); Rail Rifle and Target Lock (x3)
1 Devilfish @ [115] Pts
Burst Cannon; Gun Drones; Seeker Missle (x2); Decoy Launchers; Landing Gear; Marker Beacon; Multi-Tracker
2 Gun Drones @ [0] Pts
Twin Linked Pulse Carbines
1 Shas'ui @ [32] Pts
Bonding Knife; Hard-wired Target Lock; Markerlight; Pulse Carbine

6 Pathfinder @ 249 Pts
Add Shas'ui; Markerlight (x3); Pulse Carbine (x3); Rail Rifle and Target Lock (x3)
1 Devilfish @ [115] Pts
Burst Cannon; Gun Drones; Seeker Missle (x2); Decoy Launchers; Landing Gear; Marker Beacon; Multi-Tracker
2 Gun Drones @ [0] Pts
Twin Linked Pulse Carbines
1 Shas'ui @ [32] Pts
Bonding Knife; Hard-wired Target Lock; Markerlight; Pulse Carbine

3 Piranha Light Skimmer @ 270 Pts
Fusion Blaster (x3); Gun Drones (x3); Decoy Launchers (x3); Seeker Missle (x6)
2 Gun Drones @ [0] Pts
Twin Linked Pulse Carbines

4 Stealthsuits @ 160 Pts
Support Systems; Burst Cannon (x4); Gun Drone; Gun Drone; Gun Drone; Gun Drone; Drone Controller (x4)
1 Gun Drone @ [10] Pts
Twin Linked Pulse Carbines
1 Gun Drone @ [10] Pts
Twin Linked Pulse Carbines
1 Gun Drone @ [10] Pts
Twin Linked Pulse Carbines
1 Gun Drone @ [10] Pts
Twin Linked Pulse Carbines

4 Stealthsuits @ 160 Pts
Support Systems; Burst Cannon (x4); Gun Drone; Gun Drone; Gun Drone; Gun Drone; Drone Controller (x4)
1 Gun Drone @ [10] Pts
Twin Linked Pulse Carbines
1 Gun Drone @ [10] Pts
Twin Linked Pulse Carbines
1 Gun Drone @ [10] Pts
Twin Linked Pulse Carbines
1 Gun Drone @ [10] Pts
Twin Linked Pulse Carbines

Total Roster Cost: 1752

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why have gun drones on the fire warrior teams in the devil fish, you better off for the same points taking two extra fire warriors. i also don't like the piranhas at all they just die like mad, your better off with some more fire warrior units

also you have little to no anti tank, you need to pick up some broadsides in substitute for one unit of stealth suits. that would make you have some hitting power

The Gun Drones listed for the squads are the ones from the Devilfish.

Piranhas have been used by a couple of locals with rather good results. Their front armor of 11 makes it so you can't just mass fire a bunch of standard guns into em, you gotta hit em with something heavy. They're also part of my anti-tank.

Sure I have none of the sweet sweet Str10 goodness of a Railgun, but I have a good chunk of Str8 on highly mobile platforms that should be getting good shots at sides and rears. I've thought about throwing a Fusion Blaster into each Stealth team to add more in there.

I was reading thru the Codex again, and was taking a better look at Shadowsun. I think I'm going to swap out the Commander I have for her. She's not quite as durable at a close range, but has better tank punching power with two Fusion Blasters that are even able to split fire onto two different targets. Her Command Drone is a handy bonus as well.

Not to mention the model is growing on me....